USA Today 10/27/00 "IN DIRE STRAITS" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Pellets  in brief
a, 5 ,On
a, 9 ,Washbowl
a, 14 ,Deed encumbrance
a, 15 ,Crowd sound
a, 16 ,Onto
a, 17 ,In dire straits
a, 19 ,Run out
a, 20 ,No-goodnik
a, 21 ,Noted surrealist
a, 23 ,Starts a paragraph
a, 26 ,Do Little
a, 30 ,Actor Cobb
a, 31 ,Cutting
a, 32 ,A bit of lamb
a, 34 ,As ___ resort
a, 35 ,Hot or lightning
a, 36 ,Zilch
a, 39 ,Baloney!
a, 41 ,Soprano Lehmann
a, 42 ,Winter woes
a, 45 ,Bargain events
a, 47 ,Barrett or Jaffe
a, 48 ,Kind of bliss
a, 49 ,Mine car rails
a, 52 ,Jay  at night
a, 53 ,A shining
a, 54 ,Church area
a, 57 ,In dire straits
a, 62 ,Line dance
a, 63 ,Words to Brutus
a, 64 ,Inkling
a, 65 ,Stopover
a, 66 ,Filter
a, 67 ,Cry of pain
d, 1 ,TV ET
d, 2 ,Thickness unit
d, 3 ,___ culpa
d, 4 ,Kind of training
d, 5 ,Quebec stop sign
d, 6 ,Hammer and tongs
d, 7 ,Hardwood
d, 8 ,Assert
d, 9 ,Out of control: sl.
d, 10 ,Keeps a vigil
d, 11 ,TreeŐs fluid
d, 12 ,April org.
d, 13 ,Born
d, 18 ,LondonŐs Big ___
d, 22 ,Mennonites
d, 23 ,Kind
d, 24 ,Teachers org.
d, 25 ,Accentuater of the positive
d, 27 ,Upper atmosphere light
d, 28 ,Very
d, 29 ,Wind-up
d, 31 ,Casino machines
d, 33 ,Two-sided
d, 34 ,Fast bucks?
d, 37 ,MideastŐs ___ Heights
d, 38 ,Many happy returns?
d, 39 ,Turns per min.
d, 40 ,Man/mouse connectors
d, 43 ,Biological or genetic identifier
d, 44 ,Put in words
d, 46 ,Stored fodder
d, 49 ,Aunt  in Arles
d, 50 ,Price increase
d, 51 ,Onassis
d, 54 ,Essen expletive
d, 55 ,Gambling game
d, 56 ,Explosive
d, 58 ,Nice summer
d, 59 ,Actor Mintz
d, 60 ,Eat
d, 61 ,Take in